Testimony Transcript Shows William Taylor Never Talked To Trump, Wasn’t Even On July 25 Phone Call

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Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

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[hadit]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

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You weren't supposed to notice that...

 

[Auld Phart]

 

[g5000]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

 

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Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

Trump has already THREATENED to release the original phone call....and since he is willing to do that, it would seem you and yours will be sucking wind again!....But I recognize that no matter how right he is, you and yours will spin it against him....it is what traitors do, when caught!

 

[MAGAman]

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

There are no witnesses to extortion. That's why you haven't heard of one.

Ukrainian officials confirm there was no extortion. That's why Democrats don't me tion them.
All you conspiracy nuts have is a group of partisan haters making stuff up knowing their sheep won't care about the facts.

 

[Syriusly]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

LOL- we knew this from Taylors opening statement.

What was so damning for Trump were not Taylor's opinions- though those were damning- it was Taylor's testimony about the quid pro quo.

Morrison, the NSC official, told Taylor that Sondland, the E.U. ambassador, had told the Zelensky aide that the military assistance funds would not be released until Zelensky committed to investigating Burisma, the energy company that employed Hunter Biden.

"This was the first time I had heard that the security assistance — not just the White House meeting — was conditioned on the investigations," Taylor wrote.

That same day, Taylor messaged Sondland to ask whether "security assistance and [a ] WH meeting are conditioned on investigations?" Sondland and Taylor then spoke on the phone, with Sondland saying that Mr. Trump told him he wanted Zelensky to publicly commit to investigating both alleged interference in 2016 and Burisma.

"'Everything' was dependent on such an announcement, including security assistance. [Sondland] said that President Trump wanted President Zelenskyy 'in a public box' by making a public statement about ordering such investigations," Taylor said. He urged Sondland to push back on Mr. Trump's attempts to pressure Zelensky, and Sondland said he would try.

"The push to make President Zelenskyy publicly commit to investigations of Burisma and alleged interference in the 2016 election showed how the official foreign policy of the United States was undercut by the irregular efforts led by Mr. Giuliani," Taylor said.

 

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REPORT: ZELENSKY WAS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE BIDEN INVESTIGATION WHEN AID WAS RELEASED

The New York Times reports that Ukraine’s president was about to yield to pressure from the White House to investigate the Bidens when, suddenly, the White House released the military aid it had been withholding. At that point, a relieved President Zelensky was free not to undertake the investigation. He did not undertake it.

According to the Times, Zelensky wanted to avoid getting caught in the middle of American partisan politics, and thus had resisted pressure from the Trump administration — pressure that Gordon Sondland now concedes was applied — to investigate the Bidens. This reporting is consistent with both common sense and with documentary evidence that Zelensky made it known to the U.S. he didn’t want to be a “pawn” in our politics.

However, Ukraine was in desperate need of U.S. aid. Thus, according to the Times, “Zelensky’s staffers were already conceding to what seemed to be the inevitable, and making plans for a public announcement about the investigations.” Indeed, says the Times, “Zelensky’s staff planned for him to make an announcement in an interview on Sept. 13 with Fareed Zakaria, the host of a weekly news show on CNN.” (Whether Zelensky ultimately would have gone through with this plan seems unclear.)

But then, just two days before the date of the expected announcement by Zelensky, the Trump administration suddenly released the military aid unconditionally. There was no appearance by Zelensky on CNN and no announcement.

Why did the White House reverse course and release the aid without Zelensky making the announcement of the investigation it had been pushing for? Probably because word of the quid pro quo had leaked. Politico reported that aid to Ukraine had been withheld. Senators were asking questions. There were rumors about a whistleblower complaint.

Under these circumstances, the administration wisely released the aid. President Trump thus spared Zelensky of having to investigate Democrats, whose support Ukraine needs just as it needs Republican support, in a case where Joe Biden, however unethically he may have acted, clearly did not violate Ukrainian law.

And Trump spared himself of a consummated quid pro quo deal.

Trump’s attempt to consummate one will lead to his impeachment. However, at least he has a “no harm, no impeachable foul” defense to make to the Senate.

 

[g5000]

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

There are no witnesses to extortion. That's why you haven't heard of one.

Ukrainian officials confirm there was no extortion. That's why Democrats don't me tion them.
All you conspiracy nuts have is a group of partisan haters making stuff up knowing their sheep won't care about the facts.

You clearly have not read the transcripts.

Misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

 

[Syriusly]

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

There are no witnesses to extortion. That's why you haven't heard of one.

Ukrainian officials confirm there was no extortion. That's why Democrats don't me tion them.
All you conspiracy nuts have is a group of partisan haters making stuff up knowing their sheep won't care about the facts.

Except for Sondland of course.....except for that.

 

[Syriusly]

REPORT: ZELENSKY WAS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE BIDEN INVESTIGATION WHEN AID WAS RELEASED

The New York Times reports that Ukraine’s president was about to yield to pressure from the White House to investigate the Bidens when, suddenly, the White House released the military aid it had been withholding. At that point, a relieved President Zelensky was free not to undertake the investigation. He did not undertake it.

According to the Times, Zelensky wanted to avoid getting caught in the middle of American partisan politics, and thus had resisted pressure from the Trump administration — pressure that Gordon Sondland now concedes was applied — to investigate the Bidens. This reporting is consistent with both common sense and with documentary evidence that Zelensky made it known to the U.S. he didn’t want to be a “pawn” in our politics.

However, Ukraine was in desperate need of U.S. aid. Thus, according to the Times, “Zelensky’s staffers were already conceding to what seemed to be the inevitable, and making plans for a public announcement about the investigations.” Indeed, says the Times, “Zelensky’s staff planned for him to make an announcement in an interview on Sept. 13 with Fareed Zakaria, the host of a weekly news show on CNN.” (Whether Zelensky ultimately would have gone through with this plan seems unclear.)

But then, just two days before the date of the expected announcement by Zelensky, the Trump administration suddenly released the military aid unconditionally. There was no appearance by Zelensky on CNN and no announcement.

Why did the White House reverse course and release the aid without Zelensky making the announcement of the investigation it had been pushing for? Probably because word of the quid pro quo had leaked. Politico reported that aid to Ukraine had been withheld. Senators were asking questions. There were rumors about a whistleblower complaint.

Under these circumstances, the administration wisely released the aid. President Trump thus spared Zelensky of having to investigate Democrats, whose support Ukraine needs just as it needs Republican support, in a case where Joe Biden, however unethically he may have acted, clearly did not violate Ukrainian law.

And Trump spared himself of a consummated quid pro quo deal.

Trump’s attempt to consummate one will lead to his impeachment. However, at least he has a “no harm, no impeachable foul” defense to make to the Senate.

Yep- another confirmation of the President's attempted bribery/coercion of Ukraine.

 

[Syriusly]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

What you fail to realize is that the extortion of Ukraine was not limited to the one phone call. Taylor was witness to more evidence of the extortion.

If you read the transcripts, you would know this.

Trump has you fools all focused on the phone call alone. That's deliberate. To keep you misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

Personally I think that most of them know that and are just deliberately lying to support their Orange Messiah.

 

[Ridgerunner]

You clearly have not read the transcripts.

Misinformed, misdirected, and mistaken.

And your drunk...

 

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REPORT: ZELENSKY WAS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE BIDEN INVESTIGATION WHEN AID WAS RELEASED

The New York Times reports that Ukraine’s president was about to yield to pressure from the White House to investigate the Bidens when, suddenly, the White House released the military aid it had been withholding. At that point, a relieved President Zelensky was free not to undertake the investigation. He did not undertake it.

According to the Times, Zelensky wanted to avoid getting caught in the middle of American partisan politics, and thus had resisted pressure from the Trump administration — pressure that Gordon Sondland now concedes was applied — to investigate the Bidens. This reporting is consistent with both common sense and with documentary evidence that Zelensky made it known to the U.S. he didn’t want to be a “pawn” in our politics.

However, Ukraine was in desperate need of U.S. aid. Thus, according to the Times, “Zelensky’s staffers were already conceding to what seemed to be the inevitable, and making plans for a public announcement about the investigations.” Indeed, says the Times, “Zelensky’s staff planned for him to make an announcement in an interview on Sept. 13 with Fareed Zakaria, the host of a weekly news show on CNN.” (Whether Zelensky ultimately would have gone through with this plan seems unclear.)

But then, just two days before the date of the expected announcement by Zelensky, the Trump administration suddenly released the military aid unconditionally. There was no appearance by Zelensky on CNN and no announcement.

Why did the White House reverse course and release the aid without Zelensky making the announcement of the investigation it had been pushing for? Probably because word of the quid pro quo had leaked. Politico reported that aid to Ukraine had been withheld. Senators were asking questions. There were rumors about a whistleblower complaint.

Under these circumstances, the administration wisely released the aid. President Trump thus spared Zelensky of having to investigate Democrats, whose support Ukraine needs just as it needs Republican support, in a case where Joe Biden, however unethically he may have acted, clearly did not violate Ukrainian law.

And Trump spared himself of a consummated quid pro quo deal.

Trump’s attempt to consummate one will lead to his impeachment. However, at least he has a “no harm, no impeachable foul” defense to make to the Senate.

Yep- another confirmation of the President's attempted bribery/coercion of Ukraine.

Damn, you even LIE when we can read that you are lying....simply amazing!

 

[ElmerMudd]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

Trump is my leader, he can do no wrong, he knows all, I never doubt the great leader, I will lie, cheat and do whatever to stand up for the great leader, I am not worthy of thinking for myself, the great leader thinks for me
Life is good because the great leader says life is good. - morals, ethics and the heavenly God come second to the great leader Donald Trump

 

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Four big facts that blow up the GOP’s latest defense of Trump

Trump himself suspended the military aid.

Trump personally ordered acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to inform budget officials that the aid that had already been appropriated by Congress was being frozen, officials told The Post.

Giuliani publicly confirmed the whole plot, and that he was acting at Trump’s direction.

Trump froze the aid to Ukraine at a time when Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani had already said publicly for months that he was pressuring Ukraine to carry out these investigations. As far back as early May, Giuliani explicitly said he wanted those investigations to target both the conspiracy theory and Biden specifically.

Those texts demonstrate the meaning of Sondland’s confession.

In Sondland’s statement, he concedes that on Sept. 1, he directly informed a top aide to Zelensky that “resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks.”

Those texts between Sondland and other ambassadors and Ukrainian officials show him negotiating, at the direction of Giuliani and the White House, for Ukraine’s “anti-corruption statement” to mention both the 2016 Ukraine-hack conspiracy theory and Burisma, the company where Biden’s son worked that’s central to a fabricated tale of Biden corruption.




Pence directly delivered the message about suspended aid to Ukraine.

On Sept. 1, the same day Sondland informed a top Zelensky aide that the military aid was conditional, Vice President Pence met with Zelensky.


Zelensky raised the withheld aid with Pence. And as The Post reports, Pence informed Zelensky that the administration was “still looking at” the aid, i.e., it was on hold. Pence also told Zelensky he needed to do more to fight “corruption.”


The bottom line
Trump suspended the military aid. Trump’s vice president delivered the message about that suspended aid directly to Zelensky. Giuliani and Trump spent months pressuring Ukraine to carry out Trump’s sordid political scheme to absolve Russia and target Biden. Trump’s key ringleader Sondland, acting at the direction of Trump and Giuliani throughout, directly told Ukraine that getting the aid was conditional on bringing that scheme to fruition.

Incredibly, Trump’s spinners are now trying to argue that Sondland suddenly freelanced that last piece of the plot — the extortion piece — entirely on his own.

 

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Four big facts that blow up the GOP’s latest defense of Trump

Trump himself suspended the military aid.

Trump personally ordered acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney to inform budget officials that the aid that had already been appropriated by Congress was being frozen, officials told The Post.

Giuliani publicly confirmed the whole plot, and that he was acting at Trump’s direction.

Trump froze the aid to Ukraine at a time when Trump lawyer Rudolph Giuliani had already said publicly for months that he was pressuring Ukraine to carry out these investigations. As far back as early May, Giuliani explicitly said he wanted those investigations to target both the conspiracy theory and Biden specifically.

Those texts demonstrate the meaning of Sondland’s confession.

In Sondland’s statement, he concedes that on Sept. 1, he directly informed a top aide to Zelensky that “resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks.”

Those texts between Sondland and other ambassadors and Ukrainian officials show him negotiating, at the direction of Giuliani and the White House, for Ukraine’s “anti-corruption statement” to mention both the 2016 Ukraine-hack conspiracy theory and Burisma, the company where Biden’s son worked that’s central to a fabricated tale of Biden corruption.




Pence directly delivered the message about suspended aid to Ukraine.

On Sept. 1, the same day Sondland informed a top Zelensky aide that the military aid was conditional, Vice President Pence met with Zelensky.


Zelensky raised the withheld aid with Pence. And as The Post reports, Pence informed Zelensky that the administration was “still looking at” the aid, i.e., it was on hold. Pence also told Zelensky he needed to do more to fight “corruption.”


The bottom line
Trump suspended the military aid. Trump’s vice president delivered the message about that suspended aid directly to Zelensky. Giuliani and Trump spent months pressuring Ukraine to carry out Trump’s sordid political scheme to absolve Russia and target Biden. Trump’s key ringleader Sondland, acting at the direction of Trump and Giuliani throughout, directly told Ukraine that getting the aid was conditional on bringing that scheme to fruition.

Incredibly, Trump’s spinners are now trying to argue that Sondland suddenly freelanced that last piece of the plot — the extortion piece — entirely on his own.

A Wapo OPINION PIECE.....ROTFLMFAO!

 

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[mudwhistle]

Yes, THIS GUY is the main witness ....saw and heard nothing first hand, but it wouldn't matter anyway as a liar is a liar, no matter what!

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A key Democratic witness against Trump admitted in congressional testimony last month that he was not part of the July 25 phone call between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents, that he didn’t see a transcript or readout of it until late September when it was declassified and released, and that he has never even spoken to President Donald Trump.

William Taylor, the charge d’affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, told lawmakers in secret testimony two weeks ago that his OPINIONS about an alleged quid pro quo demanded by Trump were formed largely from conversations with anti-Trump staffers within the diplomatic bureaucracy.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...

Trump is my leader, he can do no wrong, he knows all, I never doubt the great leader, I will lie, cheat and do whatever to stand up for the great leader, I am not worthy of thinking for myself, the great leader thinks for me
Life is good because the great leader says life is good. - morals, ethics and the heavenly God come second to the great leader Donald Trump

Thanks for the worthless input, Fudd

 

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